Spring 2025 at the Palazzo dei Diamanti will feature Alphonse Mucha and Giovanni Boldini

Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara announces a double exhibition from March 22 to July 2025 dedicated to lovers of European art between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the protagonists will be Alphonse Mucha and Giovanni Boldini, two artists who celebrated beauty and feminine charm.

Alphonse Mucha: master of Art Nouveau

Alphonse Mucha (Ivancice, 1860 - Prague, 1939), a Czech-born artist of international renown, is universally known for his advertising posters, particularly those dedicated to the actress Sarah Bernhardt. But his career went far beyond advertising graphics. In addition to painter and illustrator, Mucha successfully tried his hand at photography, set design, jewelry design, and interior design, becoming a leading figure inArt Nouveau.

The monographic exhibition to be dedicated to him, curated by Sarah and John Mucha in collaboration with the Mucha Foundation, and organized by Arthemisia and Fondazione Ferrara Arte, will explore the various aspects of his artistic production and vision, highlighting the role of beauty and the inspirational power of art as a tool for the progress of humanity. Famous works such as Gismonda (1894), The Seasons (1896), Job (1896) and Médée (1898) testify to his unmistakable style, the “Mucha style,” a decorative language that defined aesthetics in fin de siècle Paris.

Giovanni Boldini: the portrait painter of the international elite

Giovanni Boldini (Ferrara, 1842 - Paris, 1931), an artist from Ferrara who settled in Paris, was the portraitist of the worldliness and luxury of the international elite. His women, often portrayed in dynamic poses and enveloped in vibrant brushwork, embody the sophisticated beauty of the society of the time. The rooms of theTisi wing of the Palazzo dei Diamanti will host a significant selection of paintings, drawings and engravings dedicated to the theme of portraits and the female figure from the Museo Giovanni Boldini, the most important public collection of works by the great Ferrarese master, which will reopen in the renovated Ferrarese complex of Palazzo Massari in 2026. In addition to works such as The Lady in Pink (1916) and Firework (c. 1890), studies of full-length women and individual female faces will be on display, documenting the artist’s relationship with his surroundings, as well as his skill and readiness to record poses and attitudes, emphasizing Boldini’s ability to capture the movement, vitality and character of his models.

Spring 2025 at the Palazzo dei Diamanti will feature Alphonse Mucha and Giovanni Boldini

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